XP Pro hangs~CD,SafeMode do not work...

[Guest Bubbus]

XP Pro OS would not load... it gets stuck at the splash screen (the blue bar

keeps going for so long then it just reboots itself then the same thing over

and over again).

 

It wouldn't load into Safe Mode either.

 

The hard drive light was on solid the whole time, not flashing.

 

XP CD would not load so no further repair or adjustment can be done... the

CD would start spinning but then stops, it wouldnt load.

 

Any suggestions on repairing?

 

Thank you!

[Guest Mick Murphy]

RE: XP Pro hangs~CD,SafeMode do not work...

 

Right at Power on/startup did you go into Bios/setup(F1, F2, Delete), to set

your CD/DVD Drive as 1st in the Boot Order.

Or F12 to go into Boot Menu, and do the same.

 

Then insert XP CD, reboot, and repair or reinstall.

--

Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia

 

 

"Bubbus" wrote:

> XP Pro OS would not load... it gets stuck at the splash screen (the blue bar

> keeps going for so long then it just reboots itself then the same thing over

> and over again).

>

> It wouldn't load into Safe Mode either.

>

> The hard drive light was on solid the whole time, not flashing.

>

> XP CD would not load so no further repair or adjustment can be done... the

> CD would start spinning but then stops, it wouldnt load.

>

> Any suggestions on repairing?

>

> Thank you!

[Guest John McGaw]

Re: XP Pro hangs~CD,SafeMode do not work...

 

Bubbus wrote:

> XP Pro OS would not load... it gets stuck at the splash screen (the blue bar

> keeps going for so long then it just reboots itself then the same thing over

> and over again).

>

> It wouldn't load into Safe Mode either.

>

> The hard drive light was on solid the whole time, not flashing.

>

> XP CD would not load so no further repair or adjustment can be done... the

> CD would start spinning but then stops, it wouldnt load.

>

> Any suggestions on repairing?

>

> Thank you!

 

What you describe could be a hardware problem as easily as it could a

software/OS one. One quick verification method would be to download one of

the Linux "Live" CD images and to try booting (not installing) it. This is

perfectly safe since they don't affect the existing OS. Of course what Mick

wrote it absolutely correct -- you have to have the CD drive first in the

boot sequence to boot anything from it.

 

John McGaw

http://johnmcgaw.com

[Guest Colon Terminus]

Re: XP Pro hangs~CD,SafeMode do not work...

 

"Bubbus" <Bubbus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FB379801-EB24-4FDC-9B1F-50EF9D96E3DF@microsoft.com...

> XP Pro OS would not load... it gets stuck at the splash screen (the blue

> bar

> keeps going for so long then it just reboots itself then the same thing

> over

> and over again).

>

> It wouldn't load into Safe Mode either.

>

> The hard drive light was on solid the whole time, not flashing.

>

> XP CD would not load so no further repair or adjustment can be done... the

> CD would start spinning but then stops, it wouldnt load.

>

> Any suggestions on repairing?

>

> Thank you!

 

 

Excellent advice from Mr. Murphy, but here is what I'd do first.

Boot to the Recovery Console and run Chkdsk with the /r switch.

 

 

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